Distribution of trace elements in a modified and grain refined aluminium-silicon hypoeutectic alloy

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 554-559

  Faraji, M ^a   Katgerman, L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Al Si hypoeutectic alloy; EPMA; Filtering; Grain refinement; Modification; Strontium; Titanium

Indexed keywords

AL-SI FOUNDRY ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM-SILICON; CASTING PROCESS; CASTING QUALITY; EPMA; FILTERING; GRAIN REFINER; GRAIN REFINING; HYPOEUTECTIC ALLOYS; IN-LINE; MATRIX; NEGATIVE INTERACTION; NUCLEATION PROCESS; SEM; HYPOEUTECTIC AL-SI; MODIFICATION;

ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAL REFINING; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM CASTINGS; TRACE ELEMENTS; FILTRATION;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 77954383193     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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